Drunks Dumped On Streets Backed By Assembly Panel
Judge David G. Simpson told a General Assembly committee that the Oct 1 decriminalization of public drunkenness will effectively dump about 500 drunks a year into the streets. Senator Edmunds defended his detox plan as a better approach than jailing drinkers.
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Lulu Williams
General Assembly
David G. Simpson
Assembly
Joint Committee On
Virginia
Simpson
Winchester
Frederick County
James T. Edmunds
Criminal Justice Committee
Supreme Court
Edmunds
Cosmonauts Sharply Adjust Soyuz Orbit Ahead of Apollo Linkup
Two Soviet cosmonauts steered Soyuz into a near circular 137 to 139 mile orbit for a Thursday rendezvous with Apollo. Thomas Stafford Vance Brand and Donald Slayton guided and coordinated with Mission Control as docking probe issues and minor maintenance cautions were resolved.
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Cape Canaveral
Deke Slayton
Tom Stafford
Vance Brand
West Germany
Apollo
Thomas P. Stafford
Vance D. Brand
Donald K. Slayton
Slayton
U.S
Soyuz
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Russia
Neil Hutchinson
Brand
Mission Control
Soviet Control Center
Earth
Nile River
Ground Control
Stafford
Florida
Leonov
Moscow
Arson Ring Uses Bronx Boy As Paid Fire Starter
A 15-year-old Hector Rivera admits setting 40 to 50 fires in the South Bronx for as little as $3, aided by a 10-year-old friend. Marshals and Bronx DA Mario Merola say youths are paid by building strippers, tenants seeking benefits, or landlords to burn dilapidated apartments. Authorities coordinate a 200-officer arson task force. the youths face juvenile status and ongoing investigations.
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Joseph B. Treaster
N.Y. Times News Service
New York
Hector Rivera
South Bronx
The
New York Times
Hector
Juan Ortiz
Juan
Mario Merola
Bronx
Marshals
Merola
Howard A. Metzdorff
140Th Street
St. Ann’s Avenue
Ambrogi investigates county parks amid board probe
Frederick County Commonwealth's Attorney Lawrence Ambrogi seeks a special grand jury to probe possible misconduct by members of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors and others who appeared before the board. Supervisor Dennis Cole confirmed Mauck will study rumors with Ambrogi, while Board chair Raymond Sandy demanded Ambrogi's removal if involved.
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Jim Ackley
Frederick County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office
County Parks and Recreation Department
Dennis Cole
Commonwealth
Lawrence Ambrogi
Carroll Mauck
Frederick County Commonwealth
County Board of Supervisors
Ambrogi
Frederick County
Robert K. Woltz
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Frederick County Taxpayer's Association
Taxpayer’s Assn
Cole
Renalds
Raymond C. Sandy
Office of Commonwealth's Attorney
Sandy
Parks and Recreation Department
Robert Fletcher
Stafford County
Fletcher
Mauck
Economy Signals It Is Climbing Out of Recession
The Commerce Department reports personal income rose by 30.6 billion dollars in June to an annual rate of 1,244.9 billion, aided by a one time Social Security payment. The Federal Reserve noted a 0.4 percent gain in industrial production, first in nine months, signaling a nascent recovery though unemployment remains around 8.9 percent.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve Board
Clarke County residents discuss filming of TV special
Star Staffer John McManus chats with Clarke County residents involved in a recent television special. Star Living editor Jessica Sullivan offers cucumber recipes including pickles in today’s Star.
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Clarke Compass
Star
John McManus
Clarke County
Star Living
Jessica Sullivan
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